(MENAFN- The Peninsula)
DOHA: Qatar Charity (QC) has begun works on a project to build a school at a cost of QR2.2m in the east of Jabalia Camp north of Gaza.
Some 600 students (boys and girls) from Northern Province are expected to benefit. The project, financed by people in Qatar through donations, is being implemented by QC in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Higher Education of Palestine. 'The new school ‘Kamal Al Uhud"; under construction will help meet the growing demands of schools in Gaza,” said Dr Ziyad Thabit, Undersecretary at the ministry. There is a severe shortage of schools and teachers and at least 200 new schools are needed in Gaza, he added. 'The project aims to provide primary education to the students of Azba Abd Rabah area east of Jabliya,” said Mohamad Abu Halub, Head, QC office in Gaza.
France boosts security
NICE: France";s Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve boosted security measures across the country, calling upon thousands of reservists following the Bastille Day truck attack in Nice late on Thursday. The Islamic State (IS) group said Tunisian Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, 31, who barrelled through a holiday crowd with a truck in the southern city was one of its 'soldiers” — first claim of responsibility for the attack that killed 84 people at a fireworks display. France began three days of national mourning in homage to the victims. Cazeneuve would call up 12,000 police reserves in addition to over 120,000 police and soldiers deployed 'because of the terrorist threat.” The IS didn";t name Bouhlel, who authorities say was behind the wheel, but an IS statement said he was following its calls to target people of the countries fighting extremists.